FEDERAL RULING on FREE SPEECH at Council Meetings is THE PEOPLES'
VICTORY, A RULING FOR ALL PEOPLE of L.A., California & The U.S.A.

FEDERAL RULING (AUGUST 07, 2013) - Zuma Dogg vs Los Angeles City Council:The
Honorable Federal Judge Dean Pregerson: "The court finds the discussion
of a councilman’s alleged criminal activities is relevant to a
discussion of funding that the City intends to give to that councilman’s
District. Indeed,
this incident is exemplary of why it is unconstitutional to restrict
speakers from making personal attacks in City Council meetings; it
chills speech critical of elected officials, which is speech at the
heart of the First Amendment. In
one of the largest cities in the world, it is to be expected that some
inhabitants will sometimes use language that does not conform to
conventions of civility and decorum, including offensive language and
swear-words. As
an elected official, a City Council member will be the subject of
personal attacks in such language. It is asking much of City Council
members, who have given themselves to public service, to tolerate
profanities and personal attacks, but that is what is required by the
First Amendment. While
the City Council has a right to keep its meetings on topic and moving
forward, it cannot sacrifice political speech to a formula of civility.
Dogg “may be a gadfly to those with views contrary to [their] own, but
First Amendment jurisprudence is clear that the way to oppose offensive
speech is by more speech, not censorship, enforced silence or eviction
from legitimately occupied public space.” Gathright v. City of 18
Portland, Or., 439 F.3d 573, 578 (9th Cir. 2006). The
city that silences a critic will injure itself as much as it injures
the critic, for the gadfly’s task is to stir into life the massive beast
of the city, to “rouse each and every one of you, to persuade and
reproach you all day long.” (‪#‎PLATO‬, Five Dialogues, Hackett, 23 2d
Ed., Trans. G.M.A. Grube, 35 (Apology).) The court GRANTS summary judgment to Plaintiffs on the as-applied challenge to the Rules of Decorum."

ZUMA DOGG "VICTORY SPEECH" PUBLIC COMMENT - POST RULING: ZD touches all the bases/tests the waters as he breaks the bad news to council of #ThePeoplesVictory!

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In the ruling, the
Judge defined what is allowed/what council is expected to endure; so NOW
they KNOW. (In case they actually thought they weren't violating the
Constitution, all along; and weren't aware how F'D up it was, all
along.)

SO,
I'M SURE YOU SEE HOW/WHY THIS IS TRULY, "THE PEOPLES' VICTORY," and a
RULING FOR ALL PEOPLE. It's important to know your rights, or you may
have them denied, without knowing. It's not like City Council will be
notifying the public of this ruling, or that passage, above. So, I will
attend as many council meetings, for a long as I can, to read this to
The People, to help make up for all the years, people were being
denied/censored/limited/chilled/etc. -- which will help force council to obey this ruling.

VICTORY=DOGG & ThePeople! LOSERS=L.A. CITY COUNCIL & THE PEOPLE OF L.A. WHO ARE PAID FOR ALL OF THIS. Total cost: Over a million $ in attorney fees, alone. And all the time for city to re-do tons of stuff, like write new oridiance (took over a year); then re-train LAPD, and they STILL haven't sorted it out.